Truck



c. w. CADE Oct. 9, 1923.

TRUCK Filed June 2. 3.920

INVENTOR gain/r6; M g 1 Patented @et. 9, 1923.

UH? STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oHAnLns w. onnn, or BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA, Assrsnoa'ro MCKINNEY MANU recrnnrne COMPANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, a CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed June 2 To all whom it may concern: Be 1t known that I, CHARLns VJ. Cane, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and neck of the bottle extending out therefrom.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a truck of this character in which one man can readily mount the carboy on the truck, and one which will handle the heaviest carboy without attendant dangers which so often occur in the breakage of carboys containing injurious chemicals.

ln the accompanying drawing, Fig.1 is

a perspective view of my improved carboy truck; F 1g. 2 is a like view showing the carboy in position thereon and during transportation.

a suitable axle on which are mounted the Wheels 3 adapted to rotate loosely thereon. lVheel-guards 4 are mounted on the axle and are connected on the inside to the fork 5 at the lower end of the shaft 6. This shaft 6 is connected to the axle in any suitable manner.

Secured to the fork 5 and to the axle are the toe-pieces 7 which are adapted to be wedged underneath the carboy, as will more fully hereinafter appear. The arms of the fork 5, project beyond the axle 2, and the toe-pieces 7 are secured to the outer ends of said arms by the bolts '7". This assists in holding the toe-pieces securely in position,

and yet permits them to project sufficiently beyond the wheels to enable the toe-pieces to be forced under the carboy.

Mounted on the shaft 6 is the foot-plate or step 8 of the ordinary type. i

The grappling-hook 9 has the teeth 10 which are adapted to engage the pins 1] arranged at intervals in the shaft 6.

A fork 12 is formed onthe outer end of the grappling-hook 9, said fork having the In the drawing the numeral 2 desi nates TRUCK.

1920. Serial no. 386,083.

downwardly extending hook-portions 13.

At the outer end of the shaft 6 is the handle When my improved truck is in use and it is desired to lift the carboy 15, the operator grasps the handle 14 and, by bringing the shaft 6 to substantially a vertical position, the toe-pieces .7 .are brought into contact with the floor. The grappling-hook is adjusted with its hooks engaging the front of the carboy and by placing his foot upon the f0ot-plate 8, the operator tilts the carboy and in so doing he is able to wedge the toepieces under the bottom of the carboy. The

fork 12 of the grappling-hook surrounds the neck 17 of the hottleand the hook-por tions 13 hook over the outer face of the box and engage the said box at opposite sides "of its mid-line, sothat there is no danger of the carboy wabbling from one side to the other or slipping from the truck. In this position the carboy is securely held in position on the truck and may be wheeled to any point in the warehouse without danger of workin loose, and as the fork 12 surrounds the neck, there is no danger of the neck being broken.

Furthermore, the mounting oflthe carboy on the truck maybe safely and readily performed by one man withoutthe least difticulty.

In ClflQIlllCiLl'WOIkS, wholesale drug houses, and all industries where carboys must be transported either in protecting crates or i in original form, my improved truck will handle the heaviest carboys without danger of breakage, which in the handling of injurious chemicals may result in very serious injury to the workmen.

lVhatI claim is: In a truck for handling carboys, the combination of an axle, wheels mounted thereon, a shaft connected to said axle, fork- In testimony whereof, I the said CHARLES W. CADE, have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES W. CADE,

Witnesses Ron'r. D. To'r'rniv, Jenn FlWmn. 

